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Articles & Books From Elaine Biech
Retain outstanding talent with a successful training and development programOne of the best ways to retain great talent in your business is to deliver a strong training and development program—and this book gives you the tools to do just that. Featuring the latest strides in talent development, such as social learning, hybrid training, creating videos, and more, it arms you with everything you need to upskill employees to be more effective, productive, satisfied, and loyal.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 09-01-2022
Training and development can be incredibly rewarding, but it is also filled with challenges. This Cheat Sheet aims to cut to the chase in several key areas that trainers deal with all the time. You'll find succinct tips on avoiding pitfalls, designing great visuals, and loads of quick ideas to improve your sessions.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Learning management systems (LMS) maintain a record of all training and development activities. The two primary types of LMS programs for purchase usually base pricing either on how many learners you have or how much content you have.
If you have 1,000 learners with only a ten-minute video to watch and track, you would want to pursue an LMS that charges by how much content you post, not by how many logins are recorded.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
As important as it is to determine whether there is a training need, it is equally important to learn as much about your participants as you can. You discover much about your audience in the data-gathering part of your needs assessment.
However, in some instances, someone else will have completed the assessment and the analysis.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Anytime you participate in a training program, whether it is in a virtual or a traditional classroom, whether it was off-the-shelf or developed from scratch, whether it was taught by someone inside your organization or an external vendor, whether it was a program teaching management development skills or word processing skills, chances are that the program was designed by following a specific process, or a representative ISD model.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Blended learning is the combination of various learning technologies. It is most effective when the best technology is matched with the content and with the learner’s needs and availability. It is a natural evolution of e-learning that includes web-based training, CD-ROM courses, videos, webinars, EPSS systems, and simulations.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
The Training Cycle is so orderly and straightforward, it seems like it would be impossible to miss anything important. That's true, but keep in mind that training is really about the learner.
Adults learn differently. Learners have different preferences for recognizing and processing information. If the experts can't arrive at one model for how people learn, how can you be expected to train people with vastly different learning preferences in the same group?
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
After you complete the needs assessment, analyze the data, and ascertain the need for training, you develop the objectives for the training. The figure shows that developing objectives is the second stage of The Training Cycle.
Stage II of The Training Cycle: Develop Learning Objectives.
Learning objectives are written for the learner.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Have you ever wondered why you spent the time to train your employees, but they still don’t seem to do what you trained them to? Include this 12-pack of good ideas in your training, and you can guarantee success.
Be prepared.
State the objectives.
Be organized.
Use visuals.
Answer questions.
Be enthusiastic.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Developing a more effective training session is definitely in your best interest. When designing a training session, ensure that you maximize the learning that occurs by doing the following things:
Build in practical, relevant examples.
Make it interactive; learning is not passive.
Enrich with content; don’t underestimate your learners’ potential.